Treatment Strategy According to Findings on Pressure-Flow Study for Women with Decreased Urinary Flow Rate

Table 1

Baseline parameters in patients with and without bladder outlet obstruction.

Parameters	Without BOO^(1)	With BOO	P-value^(2)
	(𝑛=6)	(𝑛=6)
Age	69.5 (8.0)^(3)	46.0 (12.4)	.025
IPSS	17.8 (8.3)	20.0 (7.6)	.471
QOL index	5.3 (0.5)	5.7 (0.5)	.337
Uroflowmetry
Voided volume (mL)	223.7 (54.6)	176.7 (95.0)	.423
Maximum flow rate (mL/sec)	8.1 (2.3)	6.8 (3.2)	.379
Average flow rate (mL/sec)	3.7 (1.0)	3.1 (1.7)	.471
Postvoid residual urine volume (mL)	71.3 (69.4)	236.3 (170.5)	.078
Pressure flow studies
Maximum flow rate (mL/sec)	8.3 (2.3)	5.8 (1.5)	.093
Pressure at maximum flow (cm water)	23.2 (11.6)	88.0 (20.2)	.004
Urethral resistance factor (cm water)	15.4 (8.0)	52.9 (11.3)	.004
Maximum watts factor (W/m^2)	5.2 (2.1)	12.4 (2.9)	.004

⁽¹⁾BOO, bladder outlet obstruction
⁽²⁾Mann-Whitney 𝑈 test
⁽³⁾Mean (standard deviation).